The deadlines for the first year of reporting under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have now passed, but it’s not too early to start thinking about reporting for 2016.

In a rare display of generosity, the IRS set a nearly unheard of “good faith” standard when it came to penalties for incorrect or incomplete 2015 forms, but there’s no evidence that the same lenient rules will apply for 2016. Plus, many of the transition relief rules are no longer available. So this year, you really need to be on your game.

You may still be wondering about the correct answers to many of the questions that plagued you last year, such as:

How do you report employees who turned down your offer of coverage?

What happens with folks who go on COBRA mid-year (or mid month)?

How do you report retirees, or COBRA recipients, who didn’t work for you for any part of 2016?

How do you handle offers to multiple members of the same family who all work for you?

How do you account for employees who move from part time to full time mid year (or vice versa)?

Don’t lose any more sleep over your ACA reporting obligations. Instead, join us for a thorough webinar when Ashley Gillihan, a skilled employee benefits attorney, will provide key insights into how to ensure that your ACA reporting form preparation and reporting practices are legally compliant for 2016.

Learning Objectives

The fundamentals of ACA reporting

Common reporting mistakes to avoid

Ways to resolve those reporting mistakes

The outlook on ACA reporting

And much more!

About Your Presenter

Ashley Gillihan, Esq.CounselAlston & Bird LLP

Ashley Gillihan is counsel in the Atlanta office and a member of Alston & Bird’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and ERISA Litigation Groups. Mr. Gillihan focuses his practice exclusively on health and welfare employee benefit compliance and litigation issues for employers, health plan administrators and other health and welfare benefit plan service providers. He also has extensive experience assisting financial institutions and insurance companies who serve as Health Savings Account trustees or custodians.

Mr. Gillihan is active in publishing and speaking on various health and welfare benefit plan related topics and serves as a faculty member and/or technical advisor for several health and welfare benefit plan focused organizations.

Mr. Gillihan is a member of the Employer’s Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC) Technical Advisory Council and the board of editors for the Benefits and Compensation Law Alert, published by M. Lee Smith Publishers. He was named to the Benefits Committee for the Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. and served from 2007-2008. He is also a faculty member for the Institute for Applied Management and Law (IAML), and is the primary author of the Flexible Benefits Answer Book published by Aspen Publishers.